TheWoWDBFacing the 'Keep' when coming up the front road entrance past the supply camps. On your left, behind the spikey fencing is the large, spear-chucking machine. Near there is the hidden Scouts. Don't worry... they'll find you.
Quest
Minor Distractions
A World of Warcraft quest in Blasted Lands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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So I'm trying for Loremaster achievement and returned to blasted lands to complete the required quests.
This thread needs an update for 2020 in case players, like me, just forget time and time again that any ! or ? in the zone might in fact be where the NPC is but....in a previous version of the zones history which means there is always a chat bubble somewhere which is the NPC you go to in order to travel back in time where amazingly the quests will actually be where the ! and ? say they are located.
Confirmed. They are in "stealth mode" until you come closer and then attack you.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBlasted Lands
Quest ID25710
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25710))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBlasted Lands, step 1 of 56
Rewards7g 87s 50c, 3,100 XP
Description
Nethergarde has stood steadfast for years against the demon onslaught that plagues this land. Our watch is never-ending, our vigilance unfaltering, and our courage bottomless. We have held these lands since the portal opened, but now these Horde insects have the insolence to stand in our way!? We have protected THEM as well as we have protected ourselves! <Lungertz looks you over.> Let's see if you've got a hand for combat. Slay one of the Horde's Okril'lon scouts that nibble at our perimeter.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #17 60.1 13.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inBlasted Lands 60.1, 13.5
/way #17 60.1 13.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Blasted Lands 57.5, 16.6
/way #17 57.5 16.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Blasted Lands 63.4, 23.3
/way #17 63.4 23.3
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Blasted Lands map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 500 yards
- Finishing the Job about 930 yards
- Burning Crusade: To Outland! about 990 yards
- When Revenge Burns Green about 1,250 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Blasted Lands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Blasted Lands:
- Nethergarde Keep, Blasted Lands
- Marshtide Watch, Swamp of Sorrows
- The Harborage, Swamp of Sorrows
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Other quests on the Blasted Lands map
Reward details
Reputation: Alliance +150
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in Blasted Lands that reward Alliance reputation: Our Fallen Friends (+350), Curtail the Darktail (+250), Eliminate the Okril'lon (+350), Nethergarde Reigns (+250), Remove Their Arms (+250), Watcher Mahar Ba (+10).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Blasted Lands
Part 1 of 56.
Next: A Closer Look
- 1Minor Distractions
- 2A Closer Look
- 3Eliminate the Okril'lon
- 4Our Fallen Friends
- 5Curtail the Darktail
- 6Watcher Mahar Ba
- 7Cultists at our Doorstep
- 8Kasim Sharim
- 9Attune the Bloodstone
- 10The First Step
- 11Blood Ritual
- 12The Amulet of Allistarj
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 56.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Closer Look
We've seen countless ships sail past the shore to the southeast, but most pass by inconspicuously. Several days ago, however, a powerful storm carried several of the ships to shore and left them wrecked.
The storyline at a glance
Blasted Lands has 56 steps, from Minor Distractions to The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Blasted Lands (56).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Blasted Lands map
- The Kingslayers
- Allies of the Horde: Mag'har Orc
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Some Wicked Things
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Blasted Lands.
